Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a Staff Writer at Mongabay. She focuses on themes such as energy and mining, climate change, and animal welfare, often exploring the environmental impacts of various industries. Her work has been featured in notable publications including Scroll Media, The Charlotte Observer, and Eco-Business.
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Elizabeth's articles predominantly cover scientific topics such as climate change, marine and wildlife conservation, and the environmental impact of human activity. She often cites data in her coverage, indicating a reliance on evidence-based information.
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By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Kara Fox
An investigation by Mongabay and CNN asks whether China’s deep-sea missions are only about mining, or something more.
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Kara Fox
Xiang Yang Hong 09. The Xiang Yang Hong series is a class of Chinese oceanographic survey and research ships (Boloomo / CC BY-SA 3.0)
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Rebecca Kessler
More than 10% of the world’s ocean is now protected to some degree, marking significant progress in global ocean conservation efforts, according to an Apr. 1. annoucement from the U.N. Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). However, this accomplishment comes six years behind schedule, and experts warn that efforts must pick up speed to […]
Commercial deep-sea mining hasn't yet begun, but it soon could — with the potential to reshape vast stretches of the ocean as companies move to extract minerals from the seafloor. However, this nascent industry lacks a set of international rules to govern it, and a recent meeting of the regulatory body charged with drafting one has adjourned with big gaps remaining.
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts
One morning in March last year, the staff of the Humane Society of St. Thomas arrived to find two skinny island dogs chained up at the front gates.
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts
One morning in March last year, the staff of the Humane Society of St. Thomas arrived to find two skinny island dogs chained up at the front gates.
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts
After years of being rehomed, a angora rabbit named Parsely showed up at The Rabbit Sanctuary matted and nervous. But she learned how to trust, and now even hugs her rescuer.
By: Autumn Spanne, Elizabeth Claire Alberts
Biologist Erik Cordes has spent much of his career studying cold-water reefs — coral systems typically found in chilly, dark waters far below the ocean’s surface. But his latest project took him by surprise when he and a group of colleagues discovered what might be one of the world’s largest deep-sea, cold-water reefs. Over the […]
By: Elizabeth Claire Alberts
When staff at a veterinary clinic in the U.K. discovered a planter box outside their door, they had no idea what was inside. The box had been wrapped in plastic and duct-taped, with just a few holes.
By: Autumn Spanne, Elizabeth Claire Alberts
Physicist Stephen Volz had been working with colleagues at the U.S.’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for nearly 10 years to produce a new generation of geostationary satellites — instruments that would provide critical observations about atmospheric conditions, climate patterns and weather. But when Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, this long-term project […]
